Chest Tube Placement for Possible Hemothorax
UChicago Medicine
Ashley Suah, MD
Resident Physician
Abigail Clarkson-During, MD
Resident Physician
Jennifer Cone, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
In our second trauma case with UChicago Medicine, Drs. Suah, Clarkson-During, and Cone place a chest tube in a female patient with a possible hemothorax.
Left Tube Thoracostomy for Pneumothorax
UChicago Medicine
Elliot Bishop, MD
Resident Physician
Peter Bendix, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
This is the first case in our new trauma section with several surgeons over at UChicago Medicine. The patient in this case is a 51-year-old male who was involved in a motor vehicle collision. Chest X-ray and subsequent CT scan showed an expanding pneumothorax. Here, Dr. Bishop and Dr. Bendix perform a left tube thoracostomy.
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